War Department
US Army Air Forces
SPECIAL ORDERS

NAMES BEGINNING WITH A

Special Orders were created for every personnel action of the War Department. (US Army and US Army Air Forces). Unfortunately, most of the day to day actions were done at an organizational level and those records were only maintained for a short time. However, transfers between corps of the Army, officer appointments, officer promotions, special training, retirements, and other special assignments were done by the War Department. These records were placed in bound volumes and kept in military libraries until later discarded. We have found a number of these that include sets of the years: 1917, 1918 (Nov-Dec), 1921, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938 (Jun-Dec), 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, and 1946 (Jan-Jun). These volumes clearly contain some of the information lost in the tragic 1973 fire in the Defense Personnel Records Center.

We have indexed a few thousand of the Air Service, Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces names, but it will be a long time before they are all indexed. We will continue to add more as time permits. Please contact us for additional details.

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Name	Serial Number	Date
ABBEY, EVERS		MAR 1921
ABBEY, HENRY JR		JUL 1917
ABBOTT, LEO J		NOV 1918
ABENDHOFF, GERHARD R	O-767718	JAN 1946
ABLES, WILLARD C		NOV 1918
ACKERMAN, JOHN B	O-18706	JUN 1938
ACOSTA, BERTRAM B		NOV 1918
ADAMS, ALBERT C		OCT 1917
ADAMS, ANDREW J JR	O-830799	JAN 1946
ADAMS, BENJAMIN H		NOV 1917
ADAMS, CLARENCE F		DEC 1917
ADAMS, FRED M	O-361754	SEP 1938
ADAMS, HAROLD J		JAN 1921
ADAMS, JACK	O-371831	OCT 1938
ADAMS, JAMES E		OCT 1921
ADAMS, JAMES E		MAR 1921
ADAMS, JAMES W		NOV 1918
ADAMS, JOHN L	O-810183	JAN 1946
ADAMS, LORENZO D	O-21203	JULY 1938
ADAMS, LOUIS C JR	O-369641	JUN 1938
ADAMS, MILTON B	O-22178	MAR 1942
ADAMS, O EUGENE		OCT 1917
ADAMS, ROBERT J		DEC 1917
ADAMS, THOMAS H		OCT 1917
ADAMS, WILLIAM T		JUL 1917
ADES, MURREL J	O-914042	JAN 1946
ADLER, ELMER E		JULY 1921
ADLER, ELMER E		AUG 1921
ADLER, ELMER E		FEB 1921
ADLER, ELMER E	O-9349	JULY 1938
ADNEY, FRANK B	O-1745351	JAN 1946
ADOUE, JAMES H		OCT 1917
AGAR, JOHN T		DEC 1917
AGEE, SAM W JR	O-20714	SEP 1938
AGEE, SAM W JR	O-20714	MAR 1942
AGEE, WILLIAM T		FEB 1921
AGEE, WILLIAM T		MAR 1921
AIKEN, HOBART W	O-857338	JAN 1946
AIRD, ALANCON W		NOV 1918
ALBERT, CARL G		JULY 1938
ALBRITTON, CALLAN T		OCT 1917
ALBRO, AMES S		NOV 1921
ALBRO, AMES S		APR 1921
ALBROOK, FRANK P		FEB 1921
ALDEN, JOHN H		OCT 1917
ALDRIN, EDWIN E		AUG 1921
ALDRIN, EDWIN E		SEPT 1921
ALDRIN, EDWIN E		DEC 1921
ALEXANDER, HARRY S		SEP 1917
ALEXANDER, HARRY S		OCT 1917
ALEXANDER, JUNIUS B		AUG 1917
ALEXANDER, JUNIUS B		OCT 1917
ALEXANDER, JUNIUS B		NOV 1917
ALEXANDER, JUNIUS B		DEC 1917
ALEXANDER, ROBERT G JR		SEP 1917
ALEXANDER, WRISTON C		DEC 1917
ALFONTE, JAMES R		JUL 1917
ALFONTE, JAMES R		SEP 1917
ALFORD, ERNEST E		NOV 1918
ALGERT, THOMAS S		OCT 1938
ALISON, JOHN R		JULY 1938
ALLEE, EDWARD S		JUN 1938
ALLEN, CHARLES G	O-398493	JAN 1941
ALLEN, E E		OCT 1917
ALLEN, FORREST G		JUN 1938
ALLEN, GORDON		NOV 1917
ALLEN, H C		OCT 1917
ALLEN, HARVEY K	O-2051939	JAN 1946
ALLEN, JOHN E		NOV 1918
ALLEN, MITCHELL		NOV 1917
ALLEN, THEO F		NOV 1918
ALLEN, TRUMAN A		APR 1921
ALLEN, WILLIAM H	6566300	SEP 1938
ALLEN, WILLIAM S		NOV 1918
ALLENBERG, SIDNEY L		DEC 1918
ALLEY, GERARD F		DEC 1918
ALMOND, EDWARD M		JULY 1938
ALMQUIST, KARL P		AUG 1917
ALMY, JOHN H		NOV 1918
ALSIP, FRANK W		JUL 1917
ALSIP, FRANK W		SEP 1917
AMBLER, ALVIN F	O-831631	JAN 1946
AMBROSE, JOSEPH R	O-369640	JUN 1938
AMBROSE, JOSEPH R	O-23363	MAR 1942
AMES, ADELBERT JR		OCT 1917
AMES, CHARLES C		OCT 1917
AMES, GEORGE P		DEC 1917
AMES, NORMAN B	O-113829	AUG 1938
AMES, RICHARD A	O-22454	MAR 1942
AMIS, WILLIAM N		FEB 1921
AMMON, CHARLES A		SEP 1917
AMMON, CHARLEY B		NOV 1917
AMON, C H		DEC 1917
AMOROUS, WILLIAM W	O-223634	DEC 1938
AMORY, ROGER		SEP 1917
AMORY, ROGER		DEC 1917
AMUNDSON, GEORGE		NOV 1918
ANDERSON, ALVORD V P JR		JUN 1938
ANDERSON, ANDREW R	O-714841	JAN 1946
ANDERSON, CHARLES H		NOV 1918
ANDERSON, CHRISTOPHER O		OCT 1917
ANDERSON, DALE L		OCT 1938
ANDERSON, ELMER A		OCT 1917
ANDERSON, FREDERICK L JR		JUN 1938
ANDERSON, FREDERICK L JR		SEP 1938
ANDERSON, GLENN P JR		JULY 1938
ANDERSON, HARRY B		SEP 1917
ANDERSON, HARRY B		OCT 1917
ANDERSON, ORVILLE A		MAR 1921
ANDERSON, ORVILLE A		JUN 1938
ANDERSON, PAUL R		DEC 1918
ANDERSON, RALPH E		NOV 1918
ANDERSON, SAMUEL E		JUN 1938
ANDERSON, SAMUEL E		DEC 1938
ANDERSON, WALLACE A		DEC 1917
ANDERSON, WESLEY A	O-385366	MAR 1942
ANDRES, REUBIN	O-1776012	JAN 1946
ANDREWS, CLARENCE E		OCT 1917
ANDREWS, FRANK M		SEP 1917
ANDREWS, FRANK M		OCT 1917
ANDREWS, FRANK W		OCT 1938
ANDREWS, RYLAND B		SEP 1917
ANDREWS, WILLIAM A		NOV 1918
ANNIN, JOSEPH P		DEC 1917
APPLEBY, LOUIS E		MAR 1921
APPLEGATE, TIMOTHY P		NOV 1918
APTE, BENJAMIN E		DEC 1918
ARAM, ALFRED		JUL 1917
ARBUCKLE, LUTHER R	O-585923	JAN 1946
ARCHER, MORRIS		OCT 1917
ARCHIBALD, MILES H	O-713998	JAN 1946
ARGERSINGER, JAMES P		SEP 1917
ARING, WILBUR W		JULY 1938
ARLOTTO, JOSEPH J	O-868975	JAN 1946
ARMOROUS, WILLIAM W	O-223634	JAN 1941
ARMSBY, GORDON S		SEP 1917
ARMSTRONG, BEDFORD E		OCT 1917
ARMSTRONG, BURTON W JR		JUN 1938
ARMSTRONG, EDWARD		OCT 1917
ARMSTRONG, HENRY G		SEP 1917
ARMSTRONG, JAMES F		DEC 1918
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM C	O-364067	OCT 1938
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM C	O-364067	DEC 1938
ARNETT, CHARLES T		JUN 1938
ARNOLD, BOB		JUN 1938
ARNOLD, DONALD D		JUN 1938
ARNOLD, HAROLD S		AUG 1917
ARNOLD, HENRY H		JUL 1917
ARNOLD, HENRY H		AUG 1917
ARNOLD, HENRY H		NOV 1917
ARNOLD, HENRY H		SEP 1938
ARNOLD, HENRY H		OCT 1938
ARNOLD, JOHN K JR		AUG 1938
ARNOLD, JOSEPH P W		DEC 1917
ARNOLD, LESLIE P		SEPT 1921
ARNOLD, MILTON W	O-18465	JAN 1946
ARNOLD, PATRICK R	O-369639	JUN 1938
ARNOLD, RICHARD JR	O-351401	JUN 1938
ARNOLD, WALTER E JR	O-339832	OCT 1938
ARNOLD, WILLARD B		NOV 1918
ARNOLD, WILLIAM		JUL 1917
ARO, ARTHUR A	O-368736	DEC 1938
ARTER, THEODORE		OCT 1917
ARTHUR, REX P		DEC 1917
ASHE, SAM		NOV 1918
ASHE, WILLIAM O		DEC 1918
ASHKINS, MILTON H	O-369729	JUN 1938
ASHLEY, MYRON M		NOV 1917
ASKEW, DORSEY A		NOV 1918
ASPINWALL, GEORGE L		DEC 1918
ASTOR, RAYMOND J	O-872803	JAN 1946
ATKINSON, BERT M		JUL 1917
ATKINSON, CURTIS		SEP 1917
ATKINSON, GWEN G		OCT 1938
ATKINSON, JOSEPH H		JUN 1938
ATWELL, WILLARD B JR	O-22142	MAR 1942
AUERBACH, HERBERT B	O-860241	JAN 1946
AUKERMAN, ROSCOE R		NOV 1918
AURIN, B J		OCT 1917
AUSTIN, CHARLES B		APR 1921
AUSTIN, FRED		MAY 1921
AUSTIN, FRED		FEB 1921
AUSTIN, FRED		MAR 1921
AUSTIN, FRED		APR 1921
AUSTIN, JOHN A		JUN 1938
AUSTIN, JOSEPH H		DEC 1918
AUTON, JESSE		DEC 1938
AVERBACH, JACOB E		OCT 1917
AVERILL, JAMES C	O-357180	JUN 1938
AVERILL, JAMES C	O-22543	MAR 1942
AXTATER, KARL S		NOV 1917
AXTATER, KARL S		DEC 1917
AXTATER, KARL S		AUG 1938
AYLESWORTH, THEODORE R	O-22629	MAR 1942
AYNESWORTH, HORACE D	O-357570	JUN 1938
AYNESWORTH, HORACE D	O-22399	MAR 1942